Lawlor accuses Gilmartin of lying about 1989 meeting

Former Fianna Fáil TD Liam Lawlor has accused property developer Tom Gilmartin of lying about a meeting he allegedly had with senior government ministers in Leinster House in 1989.

Mr Lawlor made the accusation while cross-examining Mr Gilmartin at the Mahon Tribunal today. He said the property developer’s description of the inside of Leinster House was inconsistent. Mr Lawlor said Mr Gilmartin had given a perfect description of the Fianna Fáil meeting room on the fifth floor of the building, but his account of the route he took to the meeting was a perfect description of the lay-out of a ministerial block on the first floor.